Fisher Cats fall on Friday night

With the special Play Ball! for CHaD event taking place at Delta Dental Stadium on Thursday, we thought it would be a good time to check out 20 things you may not know about the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

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With the special Play Ball! for CHaD event taking place at Delta Dental Stadium on Thursday, we thought it would be a good time to check out 20 things you may not know about the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

- Taylor Cole's second Double-A start was much better than his first as the righty hurled seven quality innings against the Akron RubberDucks on Friday night. Unfortunately, the ending was the same as Akron pulled out a 3-1 series-opening win.

Cole's (L; 0-2) first inning was much better than his debut last week as he retired the RubberDucks 1-2-3 in the opening frame. In the second, he wouldn't be as lucky as the Ducks (65-55) strung together a pair of runs on three hits and a walk to build a 2-0 lead.

Aldridge cut the deficit in half in the fifth with a lead-off homer to right field against relief pitcher Jordan Cooper (W; 7-3). The fifth blast by Aldridge broke up a perfect game that was started by Akron's Cody Anderson in his first start coming off an injury.

That homer was as close as the Fisher Cats (57-62) would get in the game. They finished with just three hits, two by Jorge Flores who has hit safely in five of his last six.

Cole allowed one more run in his seven innings of work. In the sixth, he issued his third walk, followed by a single. A wild pitch put Akron on top, 3-1.

Cole allowed just four hits and three runs, striking out six to push his minor league-leading total to 153 strikeouts between Dunedin and New Hampshire this season.

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